Sunday, December 29, 2013

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL MY BLOG FRIENDS!!!! Hope you all had a beautiful and blessed Christmas with friends and family!!!

First I wanted to share our 2013 Christmas Eve family picture:

I feel extremely blessed to have spent the entire week at home with my kids and hubby as we both had it off from work. Feel even more blessed that we spent so much quality time with family....Brothers, sisters, brothers in law, sisters in law, niece and nephews, cousins, extended families......it was an amazing Christmas week!!

So next......I am super excited to share my compete 2013 December Daily!! It's exactly how I pictured it to be. I worked hard but kept it as simple as possible knowing that I was limited in space.

I'm so ready for 2014. Looking forward to lots of changes in my personal life as well as many new crafty adventures!!

Hope you stay with me as I share some exciting things this coming year.

Yeah cute and sweet....until Wednesday morning :( Dash was not happy when he discovered that Jacob and Bella got a hold of his Kong toy and Peanut butter:

We have been dog sitting my brother and SIL's Weimaraner ("Dash") since last Friday, as they enjoy a much needed, week long vacation, in Montego Bay for their 10 year wedding anniversary. We have been enjoying his company so much. You can tell this big boy has been trained by a professional dog trainer. He is extremely intelligent and obedient! It's going to be hard to give him back after a little over a week of dog sitting him. I may have to ask them for "shared custody" lol Here he is in front of our Christmas tree as he watches TV....oh yeah...he watches TV like a person....AMAZING!!!

Now for the crafty part of the post lol
If you follow me on my crafty IG (TERIBERI2IG) you know I will be creating a December Daily this year. Keeping it nice and simple because I will be working on it DAILY. In addition to the December Daily, I have decided to make a tag mini album for our Elves since it's their first year with us. I want to document their daily adventures ;)

Friday, November 29, 2013

Guess what??? .... I'm a Guest Designer again for My Creative Time!!! WOOOO HOOOOOO!! So happy to be joining these talented girls again. This release is amazing!!! As you will see in my video posted below, I will be using lots of MCT products to create my December Daily this year. I'm totally in love with the stamp set "A Day in December" as well as the stitched star dies. Stay tuned as I share videos during December of my December Daily. Now for the important stuff lol.........

HAPPY BLACK FRIDAY & welcome to our "Special Black Friday Sale & mini release for your December Days"! Today we have a couple of new stamp sets for you! They are "A Day in December" & "More Journal it" & we ALSO have 3 new dies as you can see here:

These stamps & dies ARE AVAILABLE for PRE-ORDER & will starting shipping out on Tuesday, Dec 3rd! NOT ONLY are these stamps & dies perfect for your "December Daily's", but they are ALSO perfect for ALL of your Christmas cards, layouts, smashbooking even your 3-D items etc.....

Okay, here is the BEST PART! EVERYONE who places and order this weekend will recieve this FREE STAMP set called: "SHINE BRIGHT"!

Well, here is the BESTEST part... If you use the code BLACKFRI2013, you will receive 25% off your entire order AND get this free stamp! The sale starts NOW, Friday, Nov 29, 2013 & will END on Sunday, Dec 1, 2013 at midnight PST! You can pre-order your new goodies HERE!

If you have come this far, you have reached the end of the hop. If you get lost along the way, here is the entire blog hop lineup:

Every year, the kids write their "Letter to Santa" and I love to document that evening. I take close up pictures of their little hands and the letters. (The kids are 11 and 12 and yes we still write letters to Santa and put them into the stockings lol)

Since I will be using the Project Life Mini Album this year, I have created some envelopes using the new Scallop Stuitched Envelope Die from My Creative Time. I will adhere the envelopes to the spine of the page protectors (since the album does not have rings). I will be sharing a "how to" video on that soon.

Stay tuned as I will be sharing my December Daily album in the weeks to come.

Sunday, October 20, 2013

Everyone knows how much I love My Creative Time products!! Well today's post is no different lol

I received the new release and I am beyond excited with all the new stamps and dies! These Scalloped Stitched Bow dies are adorable and the possibilities are endless!! This week I played with the dies and some craft foam and I have to say, the craft foam works PERFECT. Since the foam is flexible, the bow keeps it's shape.

In this video I share a few bows I created in both small and medium, as well as how I cut and put them together using the craft foam.

Friday, October 11, 2013

WELL I WON!!! I'm so excited ♥ I feel so truly blessed!!! When I showed my son, his reply was "It's a sign mom, you need to do more mother/son layouts" he's so cute!!!! I followed it almost exactly to the sketch. EASY PEASY!!!! This was the push I needed to keep playing with Thursday Sketches so be on the look out for more layouts ;)

I LOVE using Elle's Studio products for Project Life. If you follow me on Instagram (TERIBERI2IG), you will see I've been using these products for quite some time now. On Thursday, I ordered the September and October kit and can't wait to play with these products!! Stay tuned for some projects!!!!

In the next couple months, I will be hosting a few online parties in order to help out some friends that have ventured out and have become demonstrators/designers. I am so proud of them!!!

This month, I will be hosting a Stampin up Party through my sis Christina of Creations with Christina. My online party will run from October 9, 2013 through October 25, 2013. If you are interested in purchasing any products, please click HERE. The code to my party is: 4YYZ6RQ7

Wednesday, October 9, 2013

I will be hosting my very first Stampin Up online party through my sis Christina of Creations with Christina from October 9, 2013 through October 25, 2013 so if you want to try out their new inks or have anything you would like to order, please visit her website HERE. The code to my party is: 4YYZ6RQ7

In addition, there is also a Signup promotion going on from October 7 - October 21 for ONLY $25.00. Yes, you can be a demonstrator for just $25.00!!!! If you are interested in becoming a Stampin up Demo click HERE

Monday, October 7, 2013

Yippie....I finally got around to playing with the Elle's Studio Thursday Sketch!! I had been wanting to give it a try for the longest time but have been so busy.

I had such a great time creating a 12x12 layout. It has been so long since I had done a layout and thanks to this sketch.......

I was able to complete it in less than 40 minutes. I may just have to play along more often ;) A few months ago, Elle's Studio had an exclusive Vellum kit. After months of hoarding, I decided to use it for this layout.

Here is my take on that Sketch, which I followed almost exactly. I did add hidden journaling to it.

Sunday, September 29, 2013

I'm so loving EVERYTHING My Creative Time. The stitching on the dies is adorable and the stamps are super cute.

So Halloween is always a fun event for my family. I have two sisters and two brothers and between the five of us, we have eleven kids. Every Halloween, we all go to my younger sisters house and we take the kids trick or treating, then we gather for pizza. Hearing the kids laugh and play together is priceless.

Kasi and I decided that this year we would take be taking cupcakes. We created these cute cupcake toppers using Emma's latest release.

Wednesday, September 18, 2013

YES....it's that time of year again for me. I'm so excited about this one.

Yesterday I logged into my personal Facebook account to check on my cousins little girl. She's 3 years old and has been in the hospital for the past 40 days. During this time, she has had two open heart surgeries, 2 caths and another large surgery to repair a lymphatic nodes. Gigi is all that I have been thinking about for the past 40 days. She is in my daily thoughts and prayers. In Jesus name, she will be healed!!! Anywho, when I logged in, I saw a post from Becky Higgins as to the new Christmas PL kit. I ran over to HSN and ordered it right away. I have been waiting for a December Daily, Project Life style for a couple years now and I just COULD NOT pass this one up.

Oh my....it's she gorgeous?????

What You Get

8" x 8" album with 20 divided pocket pages

(10) 4" x 6" title cards

(10) 4" x 6" journaling cards

(80) 3" x 4" journaling cards

2 markers - Silver Metallic

2 markers - Gold Metallic

Marker - White Galaxy

This kit is going to be perfect!! I can totally enjoy the holidays and still document them without all the stress of having to create all my pages. In 2011, I made my first December Daily (see that post HERE) and to be honest, it was fun, but it totally burned me out. I tried out a ton of different techniques, created all my dividers and all my insert cards. YES I love it and it's beautiful, but just want to keep it simple this year. OK.....those that know me, know that I will probably be jazzing them up a bit lol, but I'm really going to keep it simple - at least that's my plan ;)

Friday, September 13, 2013

Just playing around with some of my new goodies from My Creative Time. I ordered a ton of things last week during the sale.

Loving these new large tag dies I purchased - there is so much you can do with them.

For this project I created a vellum and acetate tag with some yummy sequins confetti and layered that on top of a craft and stars pattern paper. I added a black cut ghost to the pattern paper so that when I layered the vellum/acetate/sequins tag, the "shadow" ghost shows up. I sketched this out the other day and it turned out exactly as I envisioned it.

Friday, August 30, 2013

Today is the day my friends.....it's a Blog Hop Party and the winding down of my Guest Designer position (So sad). I've had such a BLAST this week!!! I am so truly blessed and grateful.

For my Blog Hop Project I made this super cute Halloween Card and Matching envelope using the SPOOKY STARRY NIGHT stamp set from the new release. Oh how I LOVE the little spooky eyes amongst the stars....they get me every time!! I also used the SPOOKY GHOST dies from the new release.

I want to take this time to thank everyone for all the sweet comments and for playing along this week. Again, it was an honor to be a part of such an amazing team.Stay tuned because I will be sharing posts next week of a few other projects I've made along the way with this new release.

At the end of my post, I have added pictures of the entire release with direct links to each item. Don't forget to use Coupon Code: AUGUST2013 to receive 20% off you entire order.

Thursday, August 29, 2013

Are you ready to see my assigned Project??? I think these dies are my favorite from the new release.....OK who am I kidding.....I LOVE THE ENTIRE RELEASE!!!! lol

For my projects today I am showcasing the new PHOTO BOOTH DIE & WHAT A VIEW DIE........these totally ROCK!!!!! I used both of the dies in my projects as well as a TON of MCT products. See pictures and video below.

Sneak Peek giveaway!

We will be giving away the set we are showcasing each day to ONE lucky winner! For example, the set we are showcasing on Monday, we will announce the winner of that on Tuesday & so on......

ALL you have to do is leave a comment on each of our blogs! You are NOT required to comment on EVERY SINGLE blog, but the more you comment on, the better chance you have for winning!

For EXTRA entries, you can spread the word about this release on Facebook, tweet about it OR even instagram it! #mycreativetime!

GOOD LUCK EVERYONE & let's start spreading the word! ;)

AND.....

PRE-ORDER DAY!!!!

The August 26th Edition stamps & dies are available for PRE-ORDER right now!Please enter the code:AUG2013to receive 20% off your ENTIRE ORDER! Start shopping HERE!

HAPPY SHOPPING!

Hugs and blessings, T

Project Life - Week 14:

Left Side:

Right Side:

Insert "Smash" style pages using Heidi Swapp file folders

Front Cover:

View when you open it up:

Left Side:

Right Side:

Back side: Love the quote on the Anchor:"I will follow you my love, wherever you may go. To the sunny beachesor the stormy sea you are my anchor and forever will be!!"

About Me ♥

My family is the most important thing to me. I have been blessed with a wonderful husband and two beautiful children. They are the reason why I scrapbook. To see my kids faces and hear them talking and laughing when looking at the Scrapbooks ............... isPRICELESS!!